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Filed Nov. 30. 1923 Dec. 1924- v 1,521,260 I c. TRACHTENBERG SUITCASEETC F'iled Nov. 30, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 awueutoz Patented Dec. 30,1924.

CHARLES TRACHTENBER-G, 0E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SUITCASE, are.

Application filed November 30, 1923.

To all whom it may concern."

Be it known that I, CHARLES Tnaorrrnnsnae, a citizen of the UnitedStates, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, county of Kings, cityand State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Suitcases, Etc, of

which the following is a specification sufficient to enable thoseskilled in the art to utilize the same.

While my improvements are applicable to hand satchels, valises,portmanteaus, and analogous types of portable receptacles generally,they are designed more particularly for use in conjunction with suitcases, so called in the trade; the object bein primarily to providedetachable means for the support of a tray or equivalent auxiliarydevice; and secondarily to provide a tray which is foldable in box shapeand adapting it for use as a vanity case, or separate container, all ashereinafter fully set forth,- the invention consisting in the specificconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts and appurtenancesdescribed and claimed, and a distinctive feature being the use of aplurality of detachable longitudinal shelf-bars for the support of saidremovable container.

I have herein exemplified a practical embodiment of the essentialfeature of my in vention in a portable hand suit case of a well knowntype, although I do not confine myself to the identical configuration ofparts shown, since modifications in minor details, and equivalentmechanical expedients, may be resorted to with like results, and withoutdeparting from the spirit and intent of my invention in this respect.

With this understanding,

Fig. 1, represents a perspective view of my improved suit case, with thecover raised, and the foldable box tray fully extended in position;

Fig. 2, is a similar view, with the foldable box tray closed upon itselfbut supported on the shelf-bars within the body of the case;

Fig. 3, is a perspective view of one of the shelf-bars, broken awaycentrally;

Fig. 4, is a perspective view, like unto Figs. 1 and 2, without thefoldable box tray;

Fig. 5, is a perspective view of the foldable box tray removed from thesuit case and partly opened up;

Fig. 6, is a central longitudinal section Serial N 0. 877,679.

of the suit ease closed, with the folda-blebox tray also closed, and inposition within the casing.

The body portion B, of the case or receptacle is of the usual elongaterectangular shape, and is provided with the ordinary cover C, hingedthereto, and is otherwise furnished with the customary adjuncts, such asa handle it, and fastening devices 7', in a manner well known in theart.

S, S, are the longitudinal shelf-bars, two or more of which may be usedto afford adequate means for the support of the removable tray T. Theextremities of each of the said shelf-bars S, S, are formed withshouldered end bearings s, s. for engagement with the inner sides andedges of the end members i), Z), of the case B, as shown moreparticularly in Figs. 2 and a, of the drawings. Each shelf-bar S, isalso formed with a truss-flange 5, extending between the shouldered endbearings s, s, to stiffen and reinforce the fiat upper or shelf surface8), of the bar S, which surface 8*, is for direct contact with the underside of the tray T, as supported within the case body B. The

- shelf-bars may be made rectangular in cross section, thus affordingboth bearing surface s, and truss-flange s. i

The tray T, is of novel construction in that it consists of two sectionsf, 6 articularly connected at their medial upper edges and is providedwith locking means t 2 whereby the two sections If, F, may be heldclosed in box fornn-thus constituting an auxiliary receptacle that maybe used independently as a vanity box, or for any analogous purpose,when desired, without impairing its function as a tray as related to thebody portion B, of the case.

WVhat I claim is my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is,

1. In a portable hand case, a support adapted to rest upon the upperedges of opposite walls of the case, and a bodily-removable tray restingthereupon and formed of two sections articularly united directly to eachother at adjacent walls to rest one upon the other in the same verticalplane.

2. In a portable hand case, a support adapted to rest directly upon theupper edges of opposite walls of the case, and a bodilyremovable trayresting thereupon and formed of two sections articularly united directlyto each other at adjacent walls to rest the one upon the other in thesame vertical plane when folded, said support emtica-l plane whenfolded, six-id support embodying a shelf and a depending truss bodyi'ngesheli'iandatruss flange depending flange.

adapted to rest directly upon the upper condition of the tray. edges ofopposite walls of the case, and abodily removable trey resting thereuponand CHARLES TRACHTENBERG. formed of two sections artieularly unitedVitnesses: 7 directly to each other at adjacent Walls to MURRAY A.HARRIS,

Test the one upon the other in the same vei-- VVlNFiELD BONYNGE.

V therefrom; said tray being supported by V 3. In a portable hand case,a support said support 1n both the opened and closed

